Tell HN: My Reddit account was banned after adding my subs to the protest

Re:Tell HN: My Reddit account was banned after adding my sub... by TulliusCicero on Monday June 05, 2023 @01:28AM (#36192699)

> In most subs most care about having that power to silence and punish people they dislike more than to do actual good, IMO.

I strongly disagree with this.

What you describe isn't most mods, it's just the loudest form of modding. Mods who do the banal tasks well will hardly even be noticeable.

I mod a few subs, in my experience most mods are just kinda boring.

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Re:Tell HN: My Reddit account was banned after adding my sub... by PrimeMcFly on Monday June 05, 2023 @01:30AM (#36192712)

I think it's absolutely most mods. Maybe not on the smaller subs that are truly community orientated, and maybe not on some of the bigger truly well run subs, but on most subs? Sure.

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Re:Tell HN: My Reddit account was banned after adding my sub... by Sunspark on Monday June 05, 2023 @01:56AM (#36192877)

I agree with you, and some mods are actually Reddit employees. I have had an account permanently suspended by a Reddit employee mod, because he could.

It's not true that all mods are volunteers.

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Re:Tell HN: My Reddit account was banned after adding my sub... by bruce511 on Monday June 05, 2023 @02:10AM (#36192979)

As an aside, the paid Reddit mods are likely to be on the side of reddit being profitable and able to pay their salaries, and thus support price hikes.

Especially in an era of layoffs.

I'm speculating here, I have no insight myself.

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